Uncle stabbed on freeway ride, nephew arrested

Chula Vista  A 23-year-old man was arrested in Chula Vista Saturday on suspicion of stabbing his uncle in the chest as they rode in the back seat of a car on Interstate 5, police said.

The car was southbound from San Diego, on the freeway somewhere between 28th Street and state Route 54 about 6 a.m., when the two men started punching each other, San Diego police Sgt. Ray Battrick said.

The driver stopped and the younger man got out, Battrick said. Then the driver took the uncle, 44, to a gas station on Bonita Road, where they called for help.

Battrick said the victim was taken to a hospital with a serious stab wound to his chest and police arrested the nephew in Chula Vista on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.